Just a little background: I have been polishing/correcting paint for several years as a side hobby so I'm not a complete noob . Recently, I started polishing my black car with my Flex DA Polisher using the Adam's Finishing Polish and white pad. I did the rear bumper and several rear panels on my car and was getting great results with a mirror like finish. The paint is in pretty decent condition, with only mild surface swirls from washing/dusting the vehicle over the past year. After polishing for most the evening, I decided to call it a night and took my pad inside to wash it for use for the next day. I have always used a little bit of dish soap to help clean the pad with a pad brush. I think I accidentally used the wrong dish soap this time though. When I started to polish again the next day, I noticed that the polishing pad was introducing new very fine swirl marks into the paint. The only thing I can figure is that I must have grabbed the wrong dish soap. I checked the dish soap and it is the kind that has those small, spherical abrasive particles in it. This is the only thing I can figure considering it is the only thing that has changed in my regiment over the past 2 days. I tried washing it again with just water and it is still doing it. I am thinking I will need to buy a new pad. Does this sound likely that those abrasive have become lodged in the pad and that is what is causing the fine swirl marks?
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Frogman
Hi All,
Just a little background: I have been polishing/correcting paint for several years as a side hobby so I'm not a complete noob . Recently, I started polishing my black car with my Flex DA Polisher using the Adam's Finishing Polish and white pad. I did the rear bumper and several rear panels on my car and was getting great results with a mirror like finish. The paint is in pretty decent condition, with only mild surface swirls from washing/dusting the vehicle over the past year. After polishing for most the evening, I decided to call it a night and took my pad inside to wash it for use for the next day. I have always used a little bit of dish soap to help clean the pad with a pad brush. I think I accidentally used the wrong dish soap this time though. When I started to polish again the next day, I noticed that the polishing pad was introducing new very fine swirl marks into the paint. The only thing I can figure is that I must have grabbed the wrong dish soap. I checked the dish soap and it is the kind that has those small, spherical abrasive particles in it. This is the only thing I can figure considering it is the only thing that has changed in my regiment over the past 2 days. I tried washing it again with just water and it is still doing it. I am thinking I will need to buy a new pad. Does this sound likely that those abrasive have become lodged in the pad and that is what is causing the fine swirl marks?
Thanks!
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